Wolfowitz to Resign This Afternoon?
May 16, 2007 --
U.S. Reading Program Benefits Bush Friend
A Texas businessman listed as a major fundraiser for President George Bush has made millions of dollars in profits from a federal reading program that critics say favored administration cronies at the expense of schoolchildren. (ABC News)
Report: DHS Erred With Limo Contract
The Department of Homeland Security violated government regulations by awarding a multi-million-dollar contract to a limousine company with ties to the Duke Cunningham scandal, a recent investigation concluded. (ABC News)
Fighting Erupts In Pakistani Town
At least five people have been killed in clashes between militants and security forces in the Pakistani town of Tank, officials and locals say. (BBC)
Al-Qaeda Strikes at Anti-Taliban Spies
There was no doubt in the Pakistani intelligence community when Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah was killed in Afghanistan last weekend by US-led forces that retaliatory action would be taken against anti-Taliban collaborators. (Asia Times)
Five Killed In Pakistan Militant Clashes
Taliban militants fought running battles with security forces on Wednesday in the Pakistani town of Tank, killing five civilians in a rocket blast at a bus stop, officials said. (AFP)
'Chlorine Bomb' Hits Iraq Village
At least 32 people have been killed and 50 injured in a suspected chlorine bomb in Iraq's Diyala province, police say. (BBC)
Clashes Erupt Between Police and Militia in Iraq
Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia clashed with Iraqi security forces in southern city of Nasiriyah on Wednesday afer overnight fighting left four people dead. (AFP)
Analysis: Colombia: Uribe's Double Whammy
The Colombian government confirmed late May 14 that the country's Directorate of Intelligence, a department of the national police force, has been carrying out illegal wiretaps on opposition leaders and journalists. The timing could not have been worse for President Alvaro Uribe Velez. The same day, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of five congressmen and 14 former legislators and business leaders -- mostly Uribe allies -- for signing the so-called "Ralito Accord." The July 2001 pact with paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) called for signatories to jointly "refound the country," essentially creating a shadow government. (Stratfor)
New N. Korean Missile Prompts Kyuma to Seek High-Altitude Interceptor
Japan and the United States need to study technologies for intercepting high-altitude ballistic missiles, Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma said Tuesday in response to news that North Korea has developed a new ground-launched, intermediate-range missile. (The Japan Times)
